| 1944Camp Peary Pirates football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 5–2 |
| Head coach | |
Seasons ← 1943 1945 → | |
The1944 Camp Peary Pirates football team representedCamp Peary during the1944 college football season. The team compiled a 5–2 record.[1]Red Strader, who was coach of theSaint Mary's Gaels football team before the war, was the head coach.
The team garnered attention when, shortly before the season began, the Navy assigned eight former NFL players to Camp Peary. The eight included halfbacksJoe Vodicka,Andy Uram,Len Janiak, andBob Morrow, fullback Joe Bokant, centerAl Matuza, and tackleBob Bjorklund. Other notable players on the team included endsRalph Schilling andGregg Browning and tackleRuss Letlow who was later named to theNFL 1930s All-Decade Team.[2]
TheRichmond Army Air Base Thunderbyrds originally scheduled two games with Camp Peary, on September 23 and October 29, but cancelled those games in early September.[3]
In the finalLitkenhous Ratings, March Field ranked 39th among the nation's college and service teams and eighth out of 63United States Army teams with a rating of 94.2.[4][5]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 24 | Washington Redskins rookies | Williamsburg, VA | W 33–27 | 12,500 | [6] | |||
| September 30 | atCherry Point Marines | Cherry Point, NC | W 20–0 | [6] | ||||
| October 8 | vs.Camp Lee |
| W 38–0 | 10,000 | [7] | |||
| October 14 | Camp Lejeune | Cancelled | ||||||
| October 22 | No. 18Bainbridge | Williamsburg, VA | L 0–7 | [8] | ||||
| October 29 | atRichmond AAB | Cancelled | ||||||
| November 5 | at Camp Lee | Camp Lee, GA | W 41–0 | [9] | ||||
| November 12 | Fort Monroe | Cancelled | ||||||
| November 18 | atNorth Carolina Pre-Flight | W 19–7 | [10] | |||||
| November 25 | at No. 5Bainbridge | No. 14 |
| L 13–21 | 13,000 | [11] | ||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 17 | — |